Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Our Mission:

To generate interest, even passion, in the magnificent native plants

of the Pacific Northwest through information and illustration.

Jennifer Rehm

Author, webmaster, native plant lover

Keeping alive the vision of Wallace W. Hansen – a dedicated grower, aficionado and passionate lover of Northwest Native Plants.

For the first time since the Northwest Native Plant Journal's inception in 2003, we are publishing an amended edition.

Right inside the cover of the March 2012 issue, I put a photo of a beautiful painting titled "Sign of Spring" by Joanne Osband. This journal featured trilliums, one of the most famous perennials native to the Pacific northwest. The painting was the perfect illustration for the subject.

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However, I made an egregious error--I did not see the copyright notice on the page where I found the painting (http://www.coloringoutofthelines.com/gallery/flowers/spring)

The painting's owner, artist Joanne Osband, contacted me recently and gave notice that I had failed to request permission to use this photo prior to publication. She pointed out the copyright statement and requested I fix the problem. I designed a series of actions to accomplish just that. I removed the offending graphic from that journal, wrote an article describing the copyright laws and the seriousness of violation them. The amended issue is now available online--see link above. If you have downloaded that issue and/or printed it, please destroy those copies and replace with the amended edition.